Baião de dois facts for kids
Baião de dois with dried meat and cassava
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| Place of origin | Brazil |
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| Region or state | Northeast Region, Brazil and North Region, Brazil |
| Main ingredients | rice and beans |
Baião de dois is a yummy dish from Brazil. It comes from the state of Ceará. You can find it a lot in the Northeast and parts of the North of Brazil. Some of these places include Rondônia, Acre, Amazonas, and Pará.
This dish is mainly made with rice and beans. People often use special Brazilian beans like "feijão verde" or "feijão novo." Sometimes, they add a type of cheese called queijo coalho. In Ceará, they usually don't add dried meat. In other states like Paraíba and Pernambuco, there's a similar dish called rubacão. This version is super popular in the dry inland area known as the Sertão.
What Does "Baião de Dois" Mean?
The name baião de dois has a cool story! It comes from "baião," which is a fun music and dance style from the Northeast of Brazil. The "dois" part means "two" in Portuguese. This refers to the two main ingredients that make up the dish: rice and beans.
The name became really popular because of a song. It was called Baião de Dois. This song was created in the mid-1900s. A composer from Ceará, Humberto Teixeira, teamed up with the famous "King of Baião," Luiz Gonzaga, from Pernambuco.
A folklorist named Câmara Cascudo confirmed that the dish started in Ceará. He found a mention of it from 1940 in a book called Liceu Cearense by Gustavo Barroso.
Baião de dois is a mix of two simple and tasty foods: rice and beans. Because these ingredients are easy to find and affordable, the dish is very common in country areas. People often make it at night. This way, they can use any leftover cooked beans from the day.
How to Make Baião de Dois
To make baião de dois, you cook the rice with the beans. The beans are usually already cooked in a flavorful broth. Other ingredients are added too. These include onion, tomato, and pepper. Spices like coriander and chives are also used. Sometimes, people add cheese and cream to make it even richer.
Similar Dishes Around the World
In the Dominican Republic, there is a dish that is very similar to baião de dois. It is called moro. Just like baião de dois, moro is made by cooking rice and beans together.
Other countries in Latin America also have dishes like this. For example, in Cuba, they have Moros y Cristianos. In Puerto Rico, there is arroz con gandules. These dishes all show how popular it is to combine rice and beans!
